ARB were taking them...ill chase him up tomozQuote:
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ARB were taking them...ill chase him up tomozQuote:
Originally Posted by Nisshead
You all suck :D
Great tour, thanks to the ARB crew.
Also Daz, missed your calling as a crown prosecutor, lol.
All BS aside, after seeing how they go about their business, I would be much more inclined to buy ARB in future.
Can't wait to fit my fridge clamps!
Certainly gives you a different perspective, ARB might be more expensive than others but you really get your moneys worth.
Thanks Dave for organising this tour, and thanks John for taking us around and putting up with Darren's questions.
Definitely does hey... Thanks to the people at ARB for giving their time for the tour. Goes to show they are dedicated to the company. Also thanks for the show bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Was it a rooftop bag?Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Thanks Dave and John. A great look behind the scenes. To see and understand the work that goes into building their products is fantastic.
Really great to see people passionate about working for a great Australian success story in the world.
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So anyway John that job for the financial controller we were discussing.... Here are my wifes terms..... he he he!!!!!
Turns out one of the companies my wife is involved with supplies ARB with there LED lights and other stuff that I tuned out listening to.
Thanks for the big ass ARB stickers... I like stickers... hmmm stickers !!!!!!
Yep, I agree. Really enjoyed the tour. Was also impressed with how direct and open John was when grilled with all the questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish
Was really good. Finally met some more of you too. All in all well worth the effort to go.
Good for the shed fridge!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Hey folks, thanks to all who came along. Was great to meet the faces behind the names.
I will get some snaps of the tour up this arvo. I was out in the field all yesterday, so just catching up on a few things.
Our Facebook page is the place to be for pretty much immediate responses and some ripper giveaways (www.facebook.com/arb4x4). I'll end the shameless plug there.
Hope to see you boys around soon. As always, any questions or issues, shoot us a PM and we will follow up.
Cheers,
David and the ARB team
thanks David, and to John who expertly provided a tour of the factory. Enjoyed very much and I certainly have a much greater appreciation for the quality of ARB products and the high standards from design to production. Thanks so much for this insight to ARB.
Big thanks to Dave for organising this and for being active on our Forum.
Thanks John for the Tour and informative discussions. I appreciate your candour and depth of knowledge of the Group Business. Thanks for your Openness and willingness to answer the questions and provide detail on How ARB is Supporting and Developing the Australian workforce, Australian Manufacturing, the Australian Current Account Deficit and flying the Aussie Flag Globally with Worlds Best Practice manufacturing, Testing, QA and logistics. All from Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia.
$60mill to the US Continent per annum alone folks! Global Head Office is Kilsyth. Manufacturing line works 24hours a day 6 days a week. 3 Shifts. In Kilsyth. 600 staff at Kilsyth alone.
It is interesting how when there is Nothing to Hide and no reason to be embarrassed about selling out to China that John can proudly articulate the ARB line on their business. Integrity. Consistently proving to the room that ARB is at the top of its industry and deserves to be there.
I did your tour about 6 years ago and have seen your plant then, i have proudly flown your flag ever since. Members have indicated here that they were impressed and will support you in the future also. That support is not only at the checkout. Its at the Camp fire and on the Tracks too.
ARB Kilsyth, thanks for staffing your retail store for our group, not sure how much was spent last night? not sure there was a heap, but as a Brand Night i think ARB will do very well from hosting such a night. Thanks guys.
Cheers again for a great night guys, Appreciate the effort.
So to everyone that got more out of the tour from the answers John gave to the questions i asked....Cheers! everyone else...Sux to be You.! ;) I wont Die wondering.
ARB is a Proud Australian Company that spends $millions on R&D, the quality of work its extraordinary. Nothing is left to chance.
Thanks ARB.
Cheers Darren
No worries at all Darren. It's great we had someone like yourself who was greatly interested in our story. As John touched on during the evening, the difference with our overseas manufacturing (our Thailand plant as a case in point) is that we have not outsourced our production to a third party. Typically research and design will be completed by said company, then handed over. Not so with ARB Thailand. The plant was built by us, and is staffed by a number of ex-pat Aussies.
So anyway enough about Darren what about the financial controller job.... are you going to tell the bloke my wife is replacing or shall I ???
A job working for ARB in Thailand... So where do I sign up??? Imagine the patrol I could have as I'm pretty sure any mods are legal over thereQuote:
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Lads as discussed, photos from the night (including one of your fearless leader).
and two of Roofy's Hat LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by ARB 4x4 Accessories
We are all looking into the big Bin of Reject front Diff covers! Very Kool, Very Shiny! we all wanted one as a souvenir but they said :tease: No!Quote:
Originally Posted by ARB 4x4 Accessories
Imagine a bright red diff cover clock hanging in the office!
Thanks Dave and John for a great tour of the ins and outs of ARB last night. Great to see an Australian company doing so well for itself, given the current state of the auto industry. Big thumbs up :thumbup:
This was my first time to be involved with the Nisan Patrol forum (new to the forum), not too sure what other events the forum holds but I liked to attended more of them, you guys seem to be a great bunch of passionate people who love a laugh and their cars.
Darren I'm all for the Aussie made questions, if we don't look after Aussie made it will be a dark future for all Australians.
Thanks again!!!
So which one were you???? I noticed a few I did not get an intro to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flex
There were a couple of new members I didn't introduce myself too as well....my bad gents!!!
He might have been the one with glasses :) or the vest maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Thanks David and John for the tour......
I enjoyed myself, and also enjoyed hearing a great Aussie story.
One small suggestion for improvement, as you are doing these tours regularly, was that I found it difficult to hear what was being said at times over the noise, so some sort of small amplification system would be a real bonus.
Thanks again
Mic
Yep agreed, with 20 folk it was hard to hear at the back. All I could see was Darren pointing 4 fingers at you...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by happygu
Didn't see any pics of you BA
Edit: NVM see your mug in the 3rd one
He was standing outside because he could not stop giggling. He is so embarrassing.Quote:
Originally Posted by lucus30
Because you bone heads were hanging shit on Darren asking 50 million questions I could not control myself so piss off!!
"Did you order a code red???!!!"
I had a amusing conversation with a bloke at a bearing place yesterday. I told him about our tour and then he started on how the ARB air lockers are made in China and not to be made here like ARB claim. I told him that we all walked past the machines milling the steel for all the components and saw all the air locker boxes sitting there, he didn't believe me and insisted he was right. I just said I don't know how to respond to that, I must have been seeing things then.
What a load of shit... my wife toured the factory that make all the gears for the locker only 6 weeks ago... Ronsons Gears is the company !!!!
Some morons are just determined to believe what they they think is the truth.....even if it flies in the face of all logic. There are many if them in the world...and they will be, for all time......morons.
Maybe it makes him feel better about buying knock-off product.....
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Not to worry guys, was just as much my fault as I did feel a bit out of place. (You people are all so bloody tall) It was my first outing and not knowing anyone did make it hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
My work commitments have changed due to a long jury service so the meet up at wombat is looking like a good chance to try to meet some of you again for the first time.
As for the tour agree on not hearing anything while at the back, but very impressive operations.
Glad to read you guys had a great time.
Interesting about the locally made items, especially the locker.
Still wonder why they are so much cheaper in the US, buying market share?
Dumps on us here in Aus though. And I for one don't like being treated like that.
From the websites I've seen, it's not a massive difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by macca
Here's two:
USA http://www.rocky-road.com/arb-air-lo...mpressors.html
Straya http://shop.snakeracing.com.au/searc...ery=Air+Locker
Using an IFS 100 series as a guide, on those two sites there's about $100 in the difference(take exchange rate into account).
Now this is just a guess, but I'd say they buy a sh1teload more lockers in the US than they do in Australia and probably also have more locally grown competition over there too, so they have to offer a lower price. Kind of makes sense in that context.
The tour was a definite eye opener for me, disspelled a lot of myths.
Guilty of not checking current pricing, when we had the Hilux about 3 1/2 years ago the dollar was stronger and the difference was AUD $700.00, they would have been exporting with that exchange rate too.
I looked elsewhere when buying for my Patrol because of that. But I'm like that LOL.
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Originally Posted by jay see
i know how you feel mate but they are a great bunch though
Would like to thank David, John and all others involved for their time and knowledge, it really is quite impressive, definitely something to be proud of.
Have always loved ARB's gear and been happy to pay a little extra knowing all their products are bloody well engineered and reliable when you need them.
Cheers again, keep up the good work. :)
Mic, this is something we are currently looking into. It's been a little while since we ran a tour, and I think a lot of people around here forgot what it's like to be at the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by happygu
Cheers for the feedback though.